Reel mechanism



No. 620,332. Patented-Feh. 28, I899. 0. J. KUSTNER.

REEL MECHANISM.

(Application filed, July 11,1898.)

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

No. 620,332. Patented Feb. 28, I899.

o. .1. KUSTNER REEL MECHANISM.

(A lication filed July 11, 1899;) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

Kl & "I 2 W v I I? v 14 um g a 1 kl UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO J. KIISTNER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

REEL MECHANISM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 620,332, dated February28, 1899.

Application filed J ly 11,1898. Serial No. 685,576. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Orro J. KiisrNnR, a resident of Chicago, Cookcounty, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inReel Mechanism of which the following is hereby declared to be a full,clear, and exact description.

The present invention is designed more particularly to provide improvedmeans for reeling webs of tin-foil as they issue from thereducing-rolls; but it will be readily understood that the improvementshereinafter set forth will be found susceptible of use in a great manyother situations, and it will be understood also that modifications ofthe invention may be made by the skilled mechanic within wide limitswithout departure from the spirit of the invention. Therefore Ido notwish the invention to be understood as restricted to its use in thereeling of webs of tin-foil nor as restricted to the precise details ofconstruction hereinafter described.

In reeling webs of tin-foil or like material it is the present practiceto receive the web as it issues from the reducing-rolls upon a skeletonreel that is usually of such size that by transversely cutting the coilof web at one or several points the sheets of tin-foil of requiredlengths will be attained. In order .to prevent undue variation in thelengths of the sheets, it is customary to wind the web upon the reeluntila coil of approximately one inch in thickness is produced, afterwhich a new reel is substituted and the reeling operation is resumed.l-Ieretofore the operation of reeling tin-foil has been effected byhand, the operator turning the reel fast enough to take up the web as itissues from the rolls. The reeling apparatus heretofore employed isobjectionable for various reasons, but notably for the reason that theturning of the reel requires the constant attendance and care of anoperator, so that one operator can serve but a single machine.

By my present invention the reel whereon the web of tin-foil or the likeis wound is meany desired size may be driven at proper speed to take upthe web as it issues from the reducing-rolls.

A further feature of myinvention resides in the employment of a drivingclutch mechanism adapted to be thrown into and out of action, so as topermit the reels to be driven uniformly while in the machine and to bereadily removed therefrom when filled.

The invention consists in the features of improvement hereinafterdescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

Figure l is a plan view of a machine em bodying my invention. Fig. 2 isa View in vertical section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view inrear end elevation. Fig. 4:- is an enlarged detail View in horizontalsection through the end of the reel adjacent the driv ing clutchmechanism and through such mechanism.

A designates the bed of that part of the machine Whereon is mounted thefinal set of rolls B, these rolls being journaled in suitablepillar-blocks, the upper roll having keyed to its journala gear-wheelb,that meshes with the corresponding gear 0, keyed to a shaft C. Theopposite end of the shaft 0 is provided with the belt-pulley C, by whichpower may be applied, or the power may be applied to the rolls B in anysuitable manner. To the shaft 0 is also keyed a pinion 0 that mesheswith a gear-wheel d, keyed to the end of the shaft d whereon is fixedthe cone-wheel D, the shaft d being journaled in suitable bearings dWithin posts E and E is journaled the shaft f of a cone-pulley F, thatis connected by a belt G with the cone-pulley D, the belt beingpreferably twisted, as shown, so as to impart rotation to thecone-pulley F in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 1. With the belt Gengages a belt-shifter H, the shifting-rod h of which passes throughguides 11 and is provided at one end with a handle '5 whereby theshifter can be manuallyoperated. To the rod h is fixed anindicator-pointer 7?, adapted to travel over a scale or index-plate k,the pointer and index-plate serving to enable the operator to set thebelt G'at such position that the pulleyD shall impart to the pulley Fsuch speed that the reel, regardless of its size, shall be caused torevolve at the proper speed for taking up the web of tinfoil as itissues from the rolls B.

To the shaft f of the cone-pulley F are fixed the arms M of the drivingclutch mechanism, whereby revolution is imparted to the reel W, on whichthe web X of tin-foil will be wound. Each of the driving-arms M isslotted, as at m, as clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, and withineach slot m is mounted a drivingdog N, the inner portion n of which ispreferably of circular outline and is eccentrically mounted upon apivot-stud n. The reel W comprises the arms w at its ends, these armsbeing united by rods whereon the web X of tin-foil or the like will bewound. At the ends of the reel W project its journals w, the

'-,journal at the inner end of the reel being mounted inasuitablebearing at the top of the post E while the opposite journal of the reelis sustained in a hearing at the top of the post E The j ournal-bearingsfor the reel at the tops of the posts E and E are open, so as to permitthe reels to be quickly introduced and withdrawn therefrom.

In order to transmit motion from the driving-arms M to the reel, it isnecessary that provision be made for throwing the drivingdogs N intoposition to engage the arms 10 of the reel and to withdraw said dogsfrom the engagement position before they would contact with the post Ein the course of the revolution of the arms M. For this reason I preferto employ the following mechanism for throwing the dogs N into and outof operative position: Upon a suitable bracket P, attached to the postE, is mounted a shifterarm R, having a curved or cam-shaped end '1, asclearly seen in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the curved or cam-shaped end 4"serving to en gage the eccentrically-pivoted circular portion at of thedriving-dogs N and throw them from the position shown by dotted lines'to the position shown by full lines in Fig. 4 of the drawings.Preferably the shifter-arm R is pivoted, as at 1*, upon the top of thebracket P, and the edge of the bracket P is formed with notches p, withwhich will engage the ends of a latch R, that is pivoted, as at r, tothe shifter-arm B. By reference to Figs. 2 and at of the drawings itwill be seen that when the shifter-arm R is in the position shown byfull lines the circular portions of the driving-dogs N will contact withthe curved or cam-shaped end 0" of the shifterarm R as the driving-armsM are revolved in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 2, and by this ingthe latch R, is moved to the position seen in dotted lines in Fig. 4 ofthe drawings, it will not contact with the dogs N, and revolution willno longer be imparted by the driving-arms M to the reel W.

To the post E is fixed a releasing plate or device S, with the curvededge 8 of which (see Fig. 2) will engage the driving-dogs N, and as thecurved edge 5 of the releasing-plate S is eccentric with respect to theshaft f it will be seen that as the dogs N pass along the edge .5 of theplate S these dogs will be turned from the position shown by full linesto the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4:. In other words, eachof the dogs Nwill be thrown from engagement with the reel W before thedogs reach the vertical post E, and consequently all danger of thebreakage of the dogs from contact with the post E is avoided. After thedogs N have passed beyond the post E (being at such time in theretracted position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4) the circular portion01 of each dog will ride against the cam-shaped end 'r of theshifter-arm R and will be thereby thrown into position to engage thecorresponding arm w of the reel W. It will thus be seen that the reel Wwill be constantly driven in unison with the rolls B, from which the webX, of tin-foil or like material, issues, and by means of the conepulleysand the belt-shifter the operator can impart to the driving-arms M aspeed of revolution corresponding exactly to the size of the reel W thatit is desired to use. When the reel is full, the operator will move theshifter-' arm R from the position shown by full lines to the positionshown by dotted lines in Fig. 4, so that the driving-arms M will ceaseto impart revolution to the reel NV, and the reel W will then be removedfrom its journal-bearings, the web X being first severed, and a new reelwill be substituted, after which the shifter-arm R will be restored tothe position shown by full lines in Fig. 4, thus serving to cause thefresh reel to be driven after the end of the web X has been attachedthereto.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that by my presentinvention the attendance of the operator to manually turn the reel inorder to take up the web as it issues from the machine is unnecessary,it simply being required that the operator shall remove the reels asrapidly as they are filled and substitute fresh reels therefor. Oneoperator is thus enabled to attend several machines, and a very materialsaving in labor thereby results.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a winding-reel and suitable supports wherebysaidreel is movably sustained, of means for driving said reel comprising arevoluble shaft, a driving clutch mechanism connected to said shaft atone side of one of the reel-supports, said clutch mechanism beingprovided with dogs adapted to drive the reel and suitable devicesarranged to automatically throw said dogs into and out of engagementwith the reel whereby the contact of the dogs with the reel-support isavoided.

2. The combination with a winding-reel having journals at its ends, ofvertical end supports whereby said reel is movably sustained, and meansfor driving said reel comprising a revoluble shaft having fixed theretoa driving clutch mechanism, said clutch mechanism being provided withpivoted dogs, a device located at one side of the reel-support forautomatically throwing said dogs into engagement and means located atthe opposite side of said reel-support for automatically throwing saiddogs out of engagement with the reel.

3. The combination with a winding-reel and supports whereby said reel issuitably sustained, of means for driving said reel comprising arevoluble shaft and means for driving the same, and a driving clutchmechanism mounted upon said shaft and having a series of pivoted dogs, ashifter for throwing said dogs into engagement with the reel and areleasing device for disengaging said dogs from the reel.

4:. The combination with a windingreel havin g journals at its ends andwith supports wherein said journals are removably sustained, ofmechanism for driving said reel comprising a revoluble shaft and meansfor driving the same, a'driving clutch mechanism carried by said shaftand provided with dogs, a shifter located at one side of the reelsupportfor throwing said dogs into engagement with the reel and a release-platelocated at the opposite side of the reel-support for disengaging thedogs from the reel.

5. The combination with a winding-reel and supports whereby said reel issuitably sustained, of means for driving said reel comprising arevoluble shaft and means for driving the same, a clutch mechanismmounted upon said shaft and having a series of pivoted dogs, a shifterfor throwing said dogs into engagement with the reel, said shifter beingmovably supported whereby it can be moved out of the path of said dogsand a re-' leasing-plate for effecting the disengagement of said dogsfrom the reel.

OTTO J. KUSTNER.

Witnesses:

GEO. P. FISHER, J r., ALBERTA ADAMICK.

